The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction Authored by Madge Waggy, For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion that humanity had stepped away from the edge permanently, as if the terrifying balance that defined the Cold W...
The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction Authored by Madge Waggy, For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion that humanity had stepped away from the edge permanently, as if the terrifying balance that defined the Cold War had dissolved together with old political maps. Younger generations grew up hearing about nuclear drills, fallout shelters, and atomic panic the same way they heard about trench warfare or medieval plagues: as distant historical experiences disconnected from ordinary life. Governments gradually shifted public attention toward terrorism, economic globalization, artificial intelligence, and climate policy, while nuclear annihilation faded into the background of public consciousness. Yet history has a dangerous habit of returning precisely when societies become convinced they have outgrown it. Throughout 2025 and the opening months of 2026, the international system entered one of its most unstable periods since the twentieth century. Military analysts began warning openly about simultaneous geopolitical flashpoints involving several nuclear powers at once. Russian officials intensified references to strategic deterrence during ongoing confrontations connected to Eastern Europe, while NATO expanded military exercises across regions Moscow considers existentially sensitive. At the same time, China accelerated modernization of its nuclear arsenal and long-range missile systems at a pace that alarmed Western intelligence agencies. North Korea continued demonstrating increasingly advanced delivery capabilities, and tensions surrounding Taiwan, cyber warfare, and contested maritime territories pushed diplomatic relations into progressively uncertain territory. Most citizens observed these developments from a psychological distance shaped by modern media exhaustion. Continuous exp...
Indonesian authorities resumed their search on Saturday for three hikers missing after Mount Dukono erupted on the island of Halmahera, a rescue official said. At least 100 rescuers, military and police personnel, as well as two thermal drones, were deployed to find the two Singaporeans and one Indonesian, said Iwan Ramdani, the head of the local rescue agency. Survivors have told police that th...
Indonesian authorities resumed their search on Saturday for three hikers missing after Mount Dukono erupted on the island of Halmahera, a rescue official said. At least 100 rescuers, military and police personnel, as well as two thermal drones, were deployed to find the two Singaporeans and one Indonesian, said Iwan Ramdani, the head of the local rescue agency. Survivors have told police that three people, including two Singaporeans, died in Friday’s eruption, local police chief Erlichson...
NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) has entered a new collaboration with Simulations Plus to apply GPU acceleration and AI-assisted workflows to drug development and quantitative systems pharmacology. The partnership focuses on speeding up complex modeling and simulation tasks that support earlier stage drug discovery and development decisions. This move extends NVIDIA's reach further into life sciences, compl...
NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) has entered a new collaboration with Simulations Plus to apply GPU acceleration and AI-assisted workflows to drug development and quantitative systems pharmacology. The partnership focuses on speeding up complex modeling and simulation tasks that support earlier stage drug discovery and development decisions. This move extends NVIDIA's reach further into life sciences, complementing its existing presence in broader AI and data center computing. NVIDIA, with a recent...
Investing is about balancing risk and reward. The bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines is yet another example of an investment risk that didn't provide any reward at all. There are important lessons for investors who watched the airline's financial decline, particularly if you lost money along the way. Here are three you should focus on. It isn't a joke to say that bankruptcy is a bad thing. Normally, a ...
Investing is about balancing risk and reward. The bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines is yet another example of an investment risk that didn't provide any reward at all. There are important lessons for investors who watched the airline's financial decline, particularly if you lost money along the way. Here are three you should focus on. It isn't a joke to say that bankruptcy is a bad thing. Normally, a company has to seek court protection because it is financially troubled. Often, the problem is too much debt coupled with weak revenues and earnings. This is, basically, what led Spirit into bankruptcy the first time. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
China’s export growth rebounded more than expected despite disruptions to shipping caused by the war in Iran, as trade volumes swell due to an investment boom in artificial intelligence. Exports rose 14.1% in April from a year earlier, according to a statement released by the General Administration of Customs on Saturday. That compares with the median forecast of 8.4% in a Bloomberg survey of econ...
China’s export growth rebounded more than expected despite disruptions to shipping caused by the war in Iran, as trade volumes swell due to an investment boom in artificial intelligence. Exports rose 14.1% in April from a year earlier, according to a statement released by the General Administration of Customs on Saturday. That compares with the median forecast of 8.4% in a Bloomberg survey of economists and a 2.5% gain in March. Imports rose 25.3%, resulting in a trade surplus of $84.82 billion. The improvement in outbound shipments followed a surprisingly steep slowdown in China’s exports during the first month of the war, after the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation spread upheaval throughout the Middle East and beyond. And with imports of high-tech products such as chips sharply on the rise, China in March had its smallest trade surplus in more than a year. The imbalances in trade will be in the spotlight ahead of a planned summit in Beijing next week between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping . The US merchandise trade deficit with China widened in March for a third month, Commerce Department data showed . Chinese factories navigated last year’s tit-for-tat with the US over tariffs by shipping more products to regions including Africa and Europe, even as they met pushback from countries where they pose a threat to local producers. China has been adding its voice to global pressure to stop the conflict , which erupted at the end of February and has forced the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A sharp reduction in traffic through the vital waterway for energy risks creating a drag on imports, pushing up oil prices and threatening foreign demand for Chinese goods. The strength of sales abroad powered China to an unprecedented trade surplus of $1.2 trillion in 2025. Shipping volumes so far in 2026 are mostly staying above last year’s record-setting levels, thanks in part to strong global demand driven by i...